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50% Rebate On Air Canada Award Tickets

by Gary Leff

air canada plane tarmac
Jun 17 2020

Air Canada Aeroplan is offerings a 50% rebate on redemptions of Canadian domestic flights and between the U.S. and Canada booked by July 1 for travel between July 1 and October 15, 2020.

Even though the ‘border closure’ has been extended, that actually doesn’t prevent Canadians from flying to the U.S. and of course restrictions on travel could be lifted come late July or beyond. You may think booking an award ticket to Canada now is speculative but that’s fine because Aeroplan rewards are cancellable free through August 31.

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9 Reasons Business Travel Won’t Be Back This Year

by Gary Leff

Jun 17 2020

We’ve had four days in the past week where the TSA reports more than half a million people clearing airport security checkpoints. That’s down from 2.3 to 2.7 million a year ago, but way up from 87,000 a day at bottom.

That’s mostly led by domestic leisure travel. Business travel, on the other hand, is a long way off – and likely won’t return to anything near normal this year. Here are 9 reasons why.

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70% Of Beijing Flights Cancelled As New Outbreak Grows

by Gary Leff

Jun 17 2020

Just yesterday I reported that 3 of the world’s 5 largest airlines right now are in China as the country gets life back to normal and its aviation sector returns to something more like normal ahead of the rest of the world.

Now, though, flights to and from Beijing are being cancelled en masse on Wednesday – 1,255 flights, or 70% of the total scheduled for the day – as the government tries to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak.

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Southwest Is Now The World’s Largest Airline (United Isn’t Even In The Top 10)

by Gary Leff

Jun 16 2020

Last year at this time the four largest airlines in the world based on capacity were all in the U.S. American Airlines was the world’s largest airline, Delta second, followed by Southwest and then United.

The aviation industry has been among the hardest hit by COVID-19. That’s shaken up which airlines offer the most travel capacity in the world. Southwest is now the largest, and three Chinese airlines in the top 5.

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How Does Banning Inflight Alcohol Protect Us From The Coronavirus?

by Gary Leff

Jun 16 2020

Airlines around the world “are suspending all or part of their alcoholic drinks service in response to Covid-19.” But how on earth is this a response to COVID-19?

Where airlines continue to offer drinks what’s the difference between offering tomato juice and offering that tomato juice with vodka? Does the virus spread less effectively through alcohol on longer flights where alcohol may still be offered, or in premium cabins?

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United’s Threat To Ban Passengers Who Refuse To Wear Masks Is “Toothless”

by Gary Leff

Jun 16 2020

United won’t get law enforcement involved or divert a flight. They won’t even threaten the ban to get compliance from the customer. Instead, the flight attendant can report the customer after the flight for an investigation.

If they’re not even going to mention the possibility of a ban when a customer refuses to wear a mask on board, they’re not actually serious about getting passengers to wear masks inflight.

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Airlines Say They’re Going To Start Enforcing Mask Wearing. That’s Not What They’re Telling Crew.

by Gary Leff

Jun 15 2020

Airlines For America, the major lobbying group whose members include the six largest U.S. airlines, announced today that face mask aren’t just required on board by their members but this time they mean it.

Only it’s not what crew are being told, such as this communication sent to American Airlines flight attendants today.

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No Ticket, No ID, No Problem For This Delta Passenger

by Gary Leff

delta plane
Jun 15 2020

The extra passenger on board the Boeing 757 was identified when she was found sitting in another passenger’s seat and refused to move. A flight attendant asked for her ID and she “showed them a photo of herself on her phone.”

The FBI didn’t press charged. She has, however, received a TSA ‘warning notice’ “which goes on the woman’s record.”

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